Global dynamics of the MLT

AK Smith - Surveys in Geophysics, 2012 - Springer
The transition between the middle atmosphere and the thermosphere is known as the MLT
region (for mesosphere and lower thermosphere). This area has some characteristics that …

Day-to-day and short-term variabilities in the equatorial plasma bubble/spread F irregularity seeding and development

MA Abdu - Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 2019 - Springer
The background ionospheric conditions shaped by sunset electrodynamic processes are
responsible for the development of equatorial plasma bubble (EPB)/equatorial spread F …

Ionospheric variability due to planetary waves and tides for solar minimum conditions

HL Liu, W Wang, AD Richmond… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Large ionospheric variability is found at low to middle latitudes when a quasi‐stationary
planetary wave is specified in the winter stratosphere in the National Center for Atmospheric …

Convective ionospheric storms: A review

MC Kelley, JJ Makela… - Reviews of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Equatorial spread F (ESF) was discovered almost a century ago using the first radio wave
instrument designed to study the upper atmosphere: the ionosonde. The name came from …

Attribution of ionospheric vertical plasma drift perturbations to large‐scale waves and the dependence on solar activity

HL Liu, AD Richmond - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we quantify the contribution of individual large‐scale waves to ionospheric
electrodynamics and examine the dependence of the ionospheric perturbations on solar …

Atmosphere‐ionosphere (A‐I) coupling as viewed by ICON: Day‐to‐day variability due to planetary wave (PW)‐tide interactions

JM Forbes, X Zhang, R Heelis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coincident Ionospheric Connections Explorer (ICON) measurements of neutral
winds, plasma drifts and total ion densities (:= Ne, electron density) are analyzed during …

Numerical simulation of the 6 day wave effects on the ionosphere: Dynamo modulation

Q Gan, W Wang, J Yue, H Liu, LC Chang… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Thermosphere‐Ionosphere‐Mesosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation
Model (TIME‐GCM) is used to theoretically study the 6 day wave effects on the ionosphere …

Short‐term variability in the ionosphere due to the nonlinear interaction between the 6 day wave and migrating tides

Q Gan, J Oberheide, J Yue… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Using the thermosphere‐ionosphere‐mesosphere electrodynamics general circulation
model simulations, we investigate the short‐term ionospheric variability due to the child …

Equatorial wave analysis from SABER and ECMWF temperatures

M Ern, P Preusse, M Krebsbach… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
Equatorial planetary scale wave modes such as Kelvin waves or Rossby-gravity waves are
excited by convective processes in the troposphere. In this paper an analysis for these and …

Evaluation of atmospheric 3‐day waves as a source of day‐to‐day variation of the ionospheric longitudinal structure

G Liu, SL England, CS Lin… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report for the first time the day‐to‐day variation of the longitudinal structure in height of
the F2 layer (hmF2) in the equatorial ionosphere using multi‐satellite observations of …